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In your teardown of the iPad 2 you say to use a heat gun to remove the glass, front panel. In fact you say to use lots of heat. Although I am sure that is what's necessary to soften the glue, is using that much heat going to damage anything inside that should not get hot?

You also said you are looking for other ways to remove the front panel. I'm curious how Apple technicians open it when servicing this device. Of course this is another secret they will never share.

I would like to know what peoples thoughts are on this.

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Walter Galan
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Hi. If you evenly distribute the amount of heat, during short intervals, it should not damage any inner components. We will hopefully have iPad 2 guides as soon as possible.

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dsmcdonald
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And to be safe, I would aim the heat away at an angle from the middle of the screen towards the iPads outside edge.

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Reza Naderpour
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I tried heat gun too. It is a pain if the digitizer is already cracked and shattered... but it is doable.

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Jeff Flager
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when replacing a screen what should i use to put it back on? is the glue there enough laeft to hold it or should i use hot glue or something? or are there those 3m sticky things like they had for iphone 3gs and such?

I need to know this, too. I see that iFixit doesn't sell the 3M strips for the iPad 2, but they DO sell them for the original iPad. I can't go to a "high-end glazing shop" so do I use the strips?

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Froznking
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Go to a high end glazing shop.. If you own a business go to CRL for anything glass related.

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I usually use hairdryer to soften the adhesive when removing digitizer from LCD on smartphone, and I see use a Heat Gun to remove this.

As questioned above, I am afraid the heat may cause the damage to LCD, isn't hair dryer good enough?

I want to know if LCD is safe with 500degree heatgun when removing the glass. I am sure you will have to heat this over 1 min on each side.

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Reza Naderpour
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I have used heat gun for iPad repair and so far I had no issues.

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Harsha Setty
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So one minute of heat gun usage to each side should do the trick? What type of adhesive did you use when you reassembled it?

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I just stick to hair dryer tactic. Heat gun makes me nervous. I use heat gun for removing chips and other stuffs but not for iPad. The back housing gets too hot and afraid it may cause damage to LCD.

BTW, there are adhesive tapes specifically made for iPad 2 glass. No glue.

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I did use a hair dryer after all because I was nervous about melting the plastic bezel and the home button with a heat gun. It works perfectly! :) Thanks for everyone's advice!!

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Andrew Cowley
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What about laying the ipad face down on an appropriately sized heat-pack?

I'm talking about those grain filled things that people use for bad backs etc. It might take longer, but may be a bit safer too.

Give it a bit more microwave juice than you would for application to skin, and maybe some pressure and it would be approaching the right temp surely.

I've never had a bad back, or broken ipad so I'm no expert, worth a try though.

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